Angels One Five 1954  N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George More O'Ferrall
Cast: Jack Hawkins, Michael Denison, John Gregson, Dulcie Gray, Andrew Osborn, Cyril Raymond, Humphrey Lestocq, Veronica Hurst, Harold Goodwin, Norman Pierce, Geoffrey Keen, Harry Locke, Philip Stainton, Vida Hope, Amy Veness
Headquarters control room for RAF pilots during World War II's Battle of Britain, when the "Few" fight off the German Luftwaffe, is the focus of this realistic film about tactical and strategic aspects of war.
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Doctor Dracula 1981  N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Al Adamson, Paul Aratow
Cast: John Carradine, Don "Red" Barry, Larry Hankin, Geoffrey Land, Susan McIver, Regina Carrol, Jane Brunel-Cohen, Tweed Morris, Norman Pierce, Paul Thomas, Clair Dia, Vic Kirk, Robert W. Carr, Michael Renner, Noel Welch
This film was originally made in 1975 as "Lucifer's Women," but the surviving film had additional scenes added in 1981 (with different actors). The story involves a satanic cult, the Society of the Bleeding Rose. Author John Wainwright (Larry Hankin) is a member of the cult and claims that he, as Svengali, has the ability to steal souls. Dr. Gregorio (Geoffrey Land) challenges Svengali's abilities, and during a rite, the two have a confrontation during which Svengali is faced with the fact that Dr. Gregorio is actually the long undead Count Dracula. Gore and corpses lie in wait.
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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 1936 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: George King
Cast: Tod Slaughter, Stella Rho, Graham Soutten, Bruce Seton, Eve Lister, D.J. Williams, John Singer, Davina Craig, Jerry Verno, Billy Holland, Norman Pierce, Aubrey Mallalieu, Ben Williams, Henry B. Longhurst
Later remade into the great musical, this is the early film adaptation of the George Dibden-Pitt play about a psychopathic killer–Sweeney Todd (Tod Slaughter)–who kills customers who come into his barbershop. The ex-customers become the main part of Mrs. Lovatt's (Stella Rho) meat pies.
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Went the Day Well? 1942  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
aka: 48 Hours
Director: Alberto Cavalcanti
Cast: Leslie Banks, Frank Lawton, Basil Sydney, Valerie Taylor, Elizabeth Allan, C.V. France, Mervyn Johns, Marie Lohr, David Farrar, Harry Fowler, Edward Rigby, Thora Hird, Norman Pierce, Johnnie Schofield, Patricia Hayes
During World War II, German paratroopers, led by Nazi officer Ortier (Basil Sydney), disguise themselves as British soldiers and make contact with Fifth Columnist Oliver Wileford (Leslie Banks). They are welcomed into a British hamlet. Their plan is to disrupt Britain's radar network. However, the village residents catch onto the ruse, fight back gallantly, and the mission fails.
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| 1. Angels One Five (1954)
2. Doctor Dracula (1981)
3. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1936)
4. Went the Day Well? (1942)
aka: 48 Hours
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